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US ambassador confident Temelín nuclear extension will go ahead - Czech Position
A ČEZ manger, who chose to remain anonymous, told Czech Position that the Prague and Warsaw listed company is now looking closely at a new financing model in the UK for the construction of new nuclear power plants there which might prove to be a ...
Czech Aero profits from stalled L-159 fighter plane sale to Iraq - Czech Position
But Lidové noviny cited a high-ranking military figure, who asked to remain anonymous, as saying Aero Vodochody actually has little incentive to sell the 20 older L-159s in storage. “The firm's motivation to sell the planes will not be great because it ...
Sting to play private gig at Czech oligarch's Xmas bash - Czech Position
An anonymous source in the PPF Group told the Czech news agency ČTK about Sting's engagement to entertain Kellner and his employees at Prague Castle on Dec. 16, and a company spokesman, Alexej Bechtin, has not denied the report. ...
Telefónica O2 planning retreat from Czech Rep: report - Czech Position
On Friday, the server novinky.cz quoted an anonymous source in the telecoms sector as saying Telefónica O2 plans to withdraw entirely from the Czech Republic within two years with a Chinese investor likely to take over. “At present, China Mobile, ...
Russians 'closer' to winning Temelín tender, Czech intelligence agency says - Czech Position
... a Russian consortium has better chances than US firm Westinghouse of winning the bid to build new reactors at the Temelín nuclear power plant, an anonymous source who claims to have sen the BIS report told Czech news server aktualne.cz. ...
ČEZ and EPH dissolving or strengthening ties? - Czech Position
First of all, we couldn't agree on price, and secondly strong pressure grew for us not to sell coal outside the [ČEZ] group,” a ČEZ manager who chose to remain anonymous, told Czech Position. When EPH and ČEZ together purchased Mibrag, they committed ...
Czech National Museum to outdo London or Tokyo? In our dreams. - Czech Position
Czech museum officials would like to think that they are the best and unique, but unfortunately it is not at all true,” one museum director who for obvious reasons did not wish to be identified told Czech Position. Although Lukeš may be seen as a ...
Transport strike ban cites wrong precedent: lawyers - Czech Position
Other Czech lawyers who did not want to be identified share the same view. “A ban on a strike in the form of a preliminary injunction is in this instance defendable. As an individual, I think this was a bad move by the government and unnecessarily led ...
Schwarzenberg's travels undercut domestic duties - Czech Position
An anonymous source in the Civic Democrats (ODS), however, claims otherwise: “Everyone in the ODS who wants to implement something knows that he must go through the chairman — Nečas. For Public Affairs (VV) and TOP 09, this is not the case,” the ...
New Diag Human owners hire Aram Global to take on Czech state - Czech Position
... equipment supplier suing the Czech state for Kč 8.9 billion — has hired Aram Global, among the world's largest debt-retrieval firms, to try to extract the compensation, two separate sources close to the government have told Czech Position. ...
Gov't rejects income tax hike for top earners - Czech Position
... rejected a proposal put forward by the opposition Social Democrats (ČSSD) to double the income tax rate on salaries above Kč 100000 per month, news agency Medfiafax reported Thursday, citing an anonymous source close to the Cabinet negotiations. ...
VV lines up expert as Environment Minister - Czech Position
What's more, we have an expert,” one VV source, who asked not to be named, told Czech Position. The party is expected to push for more representation within the government at a three-way meeting of coalition party leaders on Wednesday in the so-called ...
Generali PPF mulls Russian venture with VTB - Czech Position
Citing an anonymous source involved in the negotiations, Russian daily Vedomosti reported that to create the new entity, VTB is ready to transfer Stolichnaya strakhovaya grupa (after the bank has consolidated its majority stake in the group of ...
Topolánek to join Nečas on Iraq visit - Czech Position
He [Topolánek] is going there because of some energy and water management business,” said a member of the Nečas Cabinet who asked not to be identified. The Government Office, which is making the preparations for the Iraqi trip, did not rule out ...
Czechs face uphill battle to cancel US investment treaty - Czech Position
According to a Czech diplomat who asked not to be identified, renegotiation is a dirty word for Americans. The director of the Prague-based American Chamber of Commerce, Weston Stacey, said he believes the US Senate is dead set against any changes. ...
PPP 'wrong choice' for National Technical Library - Czech Position
Also the technology implemented was something like the Rolls Royce among libraries,” a source who chose to remain anonymous told said. The NTK's director, however, says that the overall cost of the library corresponds to that of similar buildings ...
Ex-Defense Minister may face criminal probe - Czech Position
“She succumbed to pressure from her fellow party comrades, who had various dealings at the ministry, and sent the then VZ deputy head Pavel Adam to go after Krejčík,” a politician who asked to remain anonymous told Czech Position. ...